Example sentences of "make [pron] [verb] and [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He often wondered what they did in there that made them scream and shout as they ran out . |
| 2 | I made them wash and iron and do certain cleaning jobs to earn their spending money . |
| 3 | ‘ God it was awful , ’ he said , and made them laugh and accept what he said , and Barnett never asked for the certificate this time . |
| 4 | But the main function of the British and Russian ministers was to observe and counter each other 's activities ; it was the rivalries of these two great imperial powers which kept alive their interest in Persia and made them establish and maintain relations with it . |
| 5 | He would just make me go and wipe it all off . |
| 6 | A man who made me laugh and feel better . ’ |
| 7 | She made me go and ask your Mum for it . |
| 8 | I could have just walked past him in silence , but something made me turn and say quickly , before I could stop myself , ‘ Thank you , Mr Rochester , for your great kindness . |
| 9 | They made me look and sound like a freak : ‘ Gon na build a mown-tine . ’ |
| 10 | A child 's breathless wailing calmed by the firm slap of the father 's hand , a dead ant revived by the careless press of a passing sole , a wounded finger healed and sealed by the knife 's blade : anything like that made me flinch and veer . |
| 11 | It is just that the world automatically tends to become full of those varieties of clay ( or DNA ) that happen to have properties that make them persist and spread themselves about . |
| 12 | This idea that protect children , not tell them about what 's happening , I mean if anybody can protect them to that extent when even Neighbours is put at a different time on the television , you know , erm that somehow we make them warm and secure by not telling them , to me that is making them dependent and unable maybe to cope later on in their lives . |
| 13 | falling down his trousers and make me laugh and shout , I 'll always feel so happy when the comes about ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , ha , the funny circus clown |
| 14 | Since its appearance he had felt better , and he made himself pack and get ready for Glasgow , where he must find lodgings near the Cathedral . |
| 15 | Nicola had made me go and see if he was okay and I said yes he was , because I 'd seen his eye move and I left him there . |
| 16 | ‘ You have made them stop and think , ’ he said . |
| 17 | That made you cough and blink . |
| 18 | Unpleasant reactions during a " bad trip " can make you panic and act irrationally . |
| 19 | And because you are so much older , you would n't see yourself as competing for the same resources , and you would probably have matured in ways emotionally , that would make you accept and identify with the parental values , rather than , than feel sad or , or resentful , because you felt you were more like your brother , as it were , and you were being discriminated against . |
| 20 | It was frightening how hunger and lack of sleep could make you behave and think like a real bastard . |
| 21 | Not only can it help control your weight and prevent heart disease , it will make you look and feel better . |
| 22 | Not only can it help control your weight and prevent heart disease , it will make you look and feel better . |
| 23 | The mental effect of suddenly sitting up straight , squaring your shoulders , breathing deeply , can make you look and feel like a person who can change the world . |
| 24 | A series of 10 minute routines will not only make you look and feel in better shape but supplement your fitness . |
| 25 | But on the other hand , our large houses , our separate bedrooms , our greater education , make us … more particular in our ways than you — make us feel the importance of little things , little decent ways , little safeguards , and the little constant watchfulnesses in bringing up our children , which the terrible struggle for existence and the pressure of space but too often make you forget and grow careless about . |
| 26 | The importance of these is that they make you think and help you recognise what it is that ‘ makes you tick ’ . |
| 27 | You will wear them more frequently than any single outfit of clothes and it is worth paying as much as you can afford to get a pair that make you feel and look good . |
| 28 | At the very least , they make you listen and think . |
| 29 | Her body had stiffened for a moment but she made herself relax and huddle against him . |
| 30 | In the following sentence , the effect introduced by the use of the to infinitive is even more striking : ( 190 ) … what he saw there made him falter and repeat himself and then suddenly to explode into a cry . |